E|----------------------------------5/0------------------------------|
B|------------3/0-3/0---------------5/0-5/1--------------------------|
G|4p2-0-------4/0-4/0---0-2-4-2-0-2-----5/2-----0-2----/4-4p2-0------|
D|------0h2---5/2-5/2-------------------------------0h1--------------|
A|--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2------------0h2---|
E|----------0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------0-|


[Verse 1]

Em                       C
Sign me up, I voluuunteer
D                                   C
Votes are in for lifeguard of the year (Riff 1)
Em                       C
Her feline past lives aaare plain
D                        B7
Their singular-ities are shown in this life agaain


[Chorus 1]

C          G
Like maama said
G         D                 Am
Don't ya let it go to your heead
Am       C                 G
When you know you're being fed
G      D        D
I'm so proud to know you
D          C           G
Lizzy I'll write I'll sing
G   D         Am       C            G
Telegraph telegram telephone tellin you
G       D    G     D    Em
I'll be home soon. Diieenuu (Riff 1)


[Verse 2]

Em                       C
We will wake when kitty licks
D                                   C
And in the morn, work takes her to Maine (Riff 1)
Em                          C
Dressed and out the door by six
D                        B7
Tomorrow is the first time Liz can't board my plane


[Chorus 2]

C          G
Like maama said
G         D                 Am
Don't you let it go to your heead
Am       C                   G
When you know you're book is red
G      D        D
I'm so proud to know you
D         C              G
Anna will take me to the port
G             D     Am
as Liz drives up I-95
Am        C                G
Me and my darlin keep love alive
G    D        B7
Even on Texas time


[Chorus 3]

            C    G
And like my mama said
G         D                 Am
Don't you let it go to your heead
Am        C               G
When your town is painted red
G      D        D
I'm so proud to know you
D          C          G
Lizzy I'll write I'll sing
G   D         Am       C            G
Telegraph telegram telephone tellin you
G       D    G     D  Em  C
I'll be home soon. Diieenuuuu
C                G
Telephone tellin you
G       D    G     D    Em           C
I'll be home soon. Diiennuuu ooh ooh ooh
C      Em
I love you (Repeat intro)


"Riff 1"

E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|4p2-0------|
D|------0h2--|
A|-----------|
E|---------0-|

Chords:

Em   022000
C    032010
D    x00232
B7   024242
G    320033
Am   002210